The Telegraph - Schools 'failing to teach pupils basic message of Christianity'
By Fiona Govan - (Filed: 15/12/2002)

Almost half of Britain's 12-year-olds are so ignorant of basic Christian teaching that they are unaware that Easter celebrates the Resurrection, according to a new study.
Many of those questioned thought that The Boy Who Cried Wolf was a story from the New Testament. Others knew little or nothing about Christ's miracles, while some wondered why Jesus could not "fly like Superman".
The survey of more than 500 school pupils aged 12 found that only 54 per cent knew that Christians celebrated the Resurrection at Easter.
Some of those polled believed that Jesus was the son of Joseph, not God. Six per cent did not believe that he had ever existed.